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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 02/10/2026

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The SPLC and Americans for Immigrant Justice filed a federal class action lawsuit today on behalf of people held in custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Miramar, Florida, field office. Read more: bit.ly/3U4W6uL

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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 30/09/2026

"She condemned 'disgusting' holding cells where caked dirt was stuck to the corners, and said detainees have no access to medical care, proper hygiene, recreation space or outdoor time...'They kept going back to this: it is not a detention facility, so they don’t have detention standards like that'"

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Wasserman Schultz condemned “disgusting” holding cells where caked dirt was stuck to the corners, and detainees had no access to medical care, proper hygiene, recreation space or outdoor time.

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South Florida Democrat visits ICE office/detention center, slams conditions

Wasserman Schultz condemned “disgusting” holding cells where caked dirt was stuck to the corners, and detainees had no access to medical care, proper hygiene, recreation space or outdoor time.

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(Funny, but probably mostly true. 😒)

Even for cross-pressured/hesitant LLEAs, "better you than ICE" seems a message tailored perfectly to their paternal thin-blue-line self-image? Always funny when one of those simultaneously offers that line and the "we're not doing anything we wouldn't be doing anyway" one in consecutive breaths.

Go ask the residents of Doral if their city leaders completely voluntarily signing up to be little deputy ICE ERO has convinced actual ICE ERO to focus on other parts of Miami-Dade these last few months.

Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 30/09/2026

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We've heard this from PD chiefs and sheriffs in states across the country: if we sign a 287(g) agreement, the masked ICE goons will stay away! Cooperate in advance and maybe they'll just forget we're here.

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How that supposed "bargain" has played out in the state which has most embraced 287(g) Task Force Model agreements, the moment ICE had the money to not have to rely SOLEY on those state and local law enforcement officers it had deputized. Always was going to be "And", not "Or".

Line graph of monthly immigration arrests in Florida, broken out by "287(g) Program" in orange, rising to more than 1,000/month after July 2025 and spiking further after April 2026, and "At Large Arrest" in blue, rising to more than 1,500/month in spring of 2025 before falling below the 287(g) Program levels until June 2026, after which it skyrockets to 3,000/month.

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A welcome change to see Dems go left on immigration, something Obama didn't do until pushed by DACA activists and Biden didn't either. We need to see a full-throated defense of immigration as a good thing, and not just on economic grounds. Talarico is doing that. Hope more Dems follow.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026

SCOTUS’s shadow docket strikes again. Third-country removals are back on, using a policy that two federal courts have now ruled is unlawful.

CORDER LIST: 609 U.S.)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
26-426
(26A406)
CERTIORARI GRANTED
DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC., ET AL. V. D.V.D., ET AL.
The application for stay presented to Justice Jackson and
by her referred to the Court is granted. The February 25, 2026 order and judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, case No. 1:25-cv-10676, are stayed.
The application is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted. The parties are directed to brief and argue the following questions: (1) Whether the district court had jurisdiction over Respondents' claims.
(2) Whether the
district court had
authority to enter classwide
declaratory
relief
and APA vacatur under 8 U. S. C. §1252 (f) (1).
(3) Whether the Government's Guidance on third-country removals
is unlawful under 8 U. S. C. §1231(b), the Due Process Clause, or
FARRA/CAT and its
implementing regulations. (4) Such other
questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the
proper disposition of the case. The Clerk is directed to
establish a briefing schedule that will allow the case to be
argued in the December 2026 argument session. The stay shall
terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan, and Justice Jackson would
deny the application for stay.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

The biggest category of arrests this summer were people on probation, picked up by immigration officers at their work, or who were arrested in communities across the country.

A chart showing immigration arrests by immigration enforcement in communities, where arrests peaked in late June 2026 at over 1,000 per day.

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Bob511 @bob511.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Might just be well-publicized issues with our field office, but (by anecdotal public reports and vehicle traffic in/out of the field office) it has already felt like that specifically has ebbed a bit the last week or so? Statements seem not inconsistent with that, even if spun to their audience? 🤷‍♂️

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Bob511 @bob511.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What seemed to distinguish the surge here in Florida since June, for example, was the sheer number of not just "collateral" arrests of opportunity, but a dedicated operation by ERO to go out & patrol while e.g. running plates through DAVID or stopping non-Caucasians at random.

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Bob511 @bob511.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Everyone seems to be taking this as a denial of the DW story, but like, this and the last sentence of the DHS tweet seems like kind of a confirmation of the supposed pivot?

Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026

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PS, I am not asking the King County Executive about this as a critique. Every airport in America that is forced by federal law to accommodate ICE flights should have a similar livestream. King County is THE example of what local jurisdictions can do to fight back.

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Bob511 @bob511.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah, only other court I've been to in San Diego colocates with the ERO check-in and it's down this narrow dark hallway, just the most cliche bad vibes. Fortunately a lot of good volunteers there making people feel a bit more supported when they have to go down there.

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Bob511 @bob511.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The webpage is a bit outdated (Mander, de Jeongh, Herman, and I think Walleisa have retired, and Davila is actually an RDCIJ, so always been confused why they have her on the list), but yeah, I think it's the biggest single court? Least the only ICE in the building are OPLA, no field office combo.

Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Good example of a law that's targeted at people who happen to be born internationally ends up affecting everyone, citizen and resident alike.

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You're making an argument that works for 99% of situations, just not "worst person in majority leadership gives more influence" If they commit to stuffing him in a locker & only letting him out for votes that don't hurt immigrants, trans kids, or victims of murderous military policy, that'd be fine

Sure, if they were running for the same seat. But they're not. Singer is running to be a backbencher in a most likely solid minority; radicalized, but inconsequential, MAGA. If Dem leadership was positioning Moskowitz for the same, sure, lesser of two evils. But they're not, they're elevating him.

I actually think that's kind of wrong? Leadership is already tapping him for comms where his bigotry would do real harm, any other Dem would be an improvement Odds that House control comes down to one seat are fairly low So a D(n) House w/Moskowitz is actually worse than a D(n-1) House w/Singer

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Stuck my head into Miami briefly and didn't see any obvious WebEx/JT/etc issues. What caused the lines-down-the-block here was when they started scheduling a dozen or more mega masters on the same day. Not sure what the situation with that has been like in Philadelphia so far.

Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026

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Bob511 @bob511.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Bilbao, the campaign coordinator for [AFSC], criticized Miami’s Republican delegation in Congress for not yet having visited the center 'They’re always talking about human rights in Nicaragua, in Venezuela, in Cuba. When this is happening in their own backyard, where are their investigations?'"

miamiherald.com

Amid whistleblower claims, advocates ask lawmakers to visit ICE office in Miramar

Community leaders demand Florida lawmakers investigate Miramar ICE facility amid whistleblower allegations of severe overcrowding and filthy facilities

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Bob511 @bob511.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The 342 people detailed in the Congressional report would be bigger than some of those "permanent detention facilities" in Florida. People have been held for "processing" at Miramar for more than three weeks according to the records ICE ITSELF HAS PROVIDED.

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SF Boswell @sfboswell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's this bizarre and pointless odyssey. Why are you being sent to the third floor when your judge is on floor 12? It's not a space thing - the courtrooms for these judges are EMPTY (so far). The only and major reason to do this is to separate people from advocates

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Bob511 @bob511.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“'Durante meses hemos documentado testimonios que describen las mismas condiciones de hacinamiento extremo' ...dijo...María Bilbao, del American Friends Service Committee y del Círculo de Protección de Miramar...Las fotografías confirman lo que los detenidos y familiares les han contado"

elpais.com

Hacinamiento y basura acumulada: lo que revelan imágenes filtradas de una oficina del ICE en Florida

El material fue entregado por un denunciante anónimo a legisladores demócratas de un comité del Congreso

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Pressure mounts on city of Doral to call quits on its policing agreement with ICE

Doral councilmembers “'say their hands were tired. I have news for them. There were cities that didn’t sign this agreement. They stood for their community. They stood for the people,' said Adelys Ferro, a Venezuelan-American activist."

miamiherald.com

The public showing is the latest action from activists, residents and officials who are pushing local governments to move away from 287(g) partnerships with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which ...

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Honestly not 100% sure who the current Miami FOD even is, since the previous one retired recently to pursue a private career in..."detention facility compliance and pre-operational standards review" for proposed new immigration detention construction in Florida. 😒

Adam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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This is an important paragraph in the AP article doing the rounds today. Shows the continued importance of litigation. Adelanto, Whipple, Federal Plaza, Broadview.

The practice does not apply to detainees held at a detention facility in Adelanto, California or at temporary holding facilities in Minneapolis, New York City or suburban Chicago, the sources said. Judges have ordered ICE to list detainees in those facilities in the online locator promptly upon their arrival, as part of litigation over their detention practices.

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The one thing I don't get about this, is....doesn't the ERO eFile portal still work for them? Not being a lawyer, I guess I don't know how long it can take from submitting a G28 until you can see client location. And lawyers certainly seem to prefer screenshots of ODLS in habeas filings, but...

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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Missed it this morning, because who wants to read that site and @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social didn't bother posting it here or in their release proper, but again, the things that have happened in Miramar these last few months are absolutely horrific. 342 people. Some for more than three weeks.

Oversight Dems
@OversightDems
🚨 We have received whistleblower reports alleging dangerous conditions and serious mistreatment of detainees at two ICE holding facilities in Miramar and Orlando, Florida. Some of the allegations at these facilities include:

—A woman who was seven months pregnant was detained for three weeks.
—A person with hypertension was detained for 17 days.
—A person in their 60s with several vascular disorders including hypertension and blood clots was detained for 15 days.
—A person in their 60s with HIV/AIDS was detained for more than 14 days.
—The Miramar facility was at one point 600% over capacity, holding 342 people at a 50-person facility.
—Cells at the Miramar facility are significantly overcrowded, regularly reaching 200% to 300% over capacity.
— More than 100 people have been forced to sit and sleep on the concrete floor of the sally port, a large warehouse-like structure without proper ventilation, at the Miramar facility.
—When sleeping in the sally port at Miramar, detainees are fully shackled in handcuffs, leg irons, and belly chains.

—Because of overcrowding in the Orlando facility, at times detainees are only able to stand in holding cells.
—Detainees are held under bright lights 24/7.
—People at the Orlando facility have been detained for up to two weeks at a time without seeing the light of day or breathing fresh air.
—Consistently clogged toilets have led to urine and feces overflowing onto the floor of the holding cell at the Miramar facility.
—Facility management has refused to service the portable toilets at the Miramar facility, leading to people tracking urine and feces on their shoes all day.
—Hygiene products including soap, hand sanitizer, and menstrual products are limited or not provided at the facilities.
—Detainees at both facilities are forced to wear the same unwashed clothes, including underwear, for weeks at a time.
—At Orlando, black mold is visible in the air vents and individuals have reported respiratory discomfort and headaches.
—Both facilities are severely understaffed. At Miramar, at times only three officers have been left to supervise more than 300 people at times.

—Due to insufficient staffing at the Orlando facility, staff were initially instructed to shackle people for 24 hours a day.
—Staff at the Miramar facility have shackled elderly people with serious health issues and limited mobility for 16 hours a day.
—Officers have been forced to rely on 911 for all medical care as there are no medical staff onsite. However, officers at the Miramar site were instructed to stop calling 911 for non-emergency situations.
—Individuals at the Miramar facility have reported chest pain, fainted, and become sick, with one detainee throwing up blood.
—Legal access and family communication are generally restricted.
—The Orlando facility deleted booking records for people they accidentally detained against court orders.
—Both facilities have attempted to hide these horrible conditions from members of Congress performing oversight.
—Leadership has threatened retaliation against officers who speak out about these conditions.
—A White House official allegedly visited the Miramar facility, suggesting that the administration is aware of these conditions.

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"Immigrants are sharing extremely overcrowded cells, sleeping while chained and on the floor, and using bathrooms overflowing with human waste in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miramar typically used for routine appointments..." Max capacity was 50. ICE held 342 people there. 🎁🔗

miamiherald.com

Extreme overcrowding and abuse plague Florida ICE facilities, whistleblowers say

Whistleblower photos show people sleeping on floor and portable toilets overflowing with human waste at Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miramar

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No office building operating normally should be generating the amount of garbage that we've been seeing come out of Miramar. They've had to pile it on a rented trailer just to get it across the parking lot to the overflowing dumpster area.

Heavy-duty garbage bags oiled high in the entrance to the Miramar garage with detained people on the background.

Heavy-duty garbage bags and pallets piled on and near a U-haul trailer in the dumpster area of Miramar.

National Immigration Project @nipnlg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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“To me, it’s just another iteration of disappearing people,” [Michelle Méndez, legal director at the National Immigration Project] said. “Why would we do that in the United States of America? It’s something we’d hear about in another country and be concerned about individual rights and due process.”

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Georgene Smith Goodin @gsmithgoodin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have used the commissary workaround for some time to locate people. They often appear there before the official site. But it's labor intensive as you typically have to go into each individual detention center's system one at a time until you find them.

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Feral Human Rights Lawyer @natcad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

To be a broken record, this is another example of the ways that DHS uses enforced disappearance as a way to facilitate immigration enforcement. We need enforced disappearance legislation in this country. Thread. apnews.com/article/ice-...

apnews.com

AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026

Immigration attorneys, advocates and families: You’re welcome to Signal me anytime if you think someone might be getting staged for removal, particularly Africa and Asia flights. I know a lot of particular planes’ routes and might be able to help you file habeas in the correct district.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Includes photos from a whistleblower. By the end of July they were arresting and holding so many people in the building for days and weeks straight that they started blocking off the sallyport with an SUV or van and "converted" the building's garage into overflow detention space.

Dozens of people inside the Miramar field office garage being used as multi-day holding, with folding chairs, foil emergency blankets, and piles of heavy-duty trash bags off to the side.

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NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

apnews.com

AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

"ICE removed those detainees from its online detainee locator system on Sept. 15, according to three current and former ICE officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the change."

apnews.com

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